WHAT DIRECT PATH REALIZATION AND NISARGA LIVING ARE ABOUT, AND WHAT THEY ARE NOT ABOUT, Part Twenty

An Advaita forum focusing on Realisation, enlightenment, non-duality, Real Love, peace, freedom, Your original nature, abiding naturally, the Oneness, the Nothingness, and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

As for Maharaj, you will find here some of his early pointers for beginners but some of his later pointers that are for seekers farther along the "path." During his last years, he said of I AM THAT: "That book and whatever was expounded at that time was only relevant for that period. I am speaking differently today" and am "emphasizing different aspects." What he offered later differed considerably from his earlier talks, making clear that the pointers in I AM THAT will take you to the midpoint of "the race" but that his final talks point the way to "the finish line."

[The remainder of the series is taken from the last section of the book below which Amazon.com will soon be publishing. The prior postings in this series are from the first two parts of that book]

1. Having completed the second leg of the three-part "journey" via the Direct Path Method (completed by "going back" along the same "path" by which you "came in" the first time, but in the exact reverse order),

2. and having Realized Fully as a result of completing all seven steps that shift you to You ... that shift you from identification with the false "I" to understanding not only That Which the Real You Is but also understanding the Absolute and beyond as well,

3. and then having completed the third leg of the "journey" (which involves "coming in" for the second time but with Full Awareness this time),

then one can also understand the message offered via the Nisarga Yoga.

From that point forward, the remainder of the relative existence unfolds in a totally different manner than before as You abide in an AS IF fashion.

You know that You Are Light, that I Am Light, but employment can still happen, merely without attachment. Responsibilities can be met and challenges will be handled, but without emotional intoxication.

There are also five stages that will have been transitioned if one takes the complete Seven-Step Journey to Reality:

I. Persons are exposed to twenty years of programming and conditioning and acculturation and domestication. In the Western cultures especially, the programming is to get, to accumulate (a concept that is now being spread to many Eastern cultures).

II. Afterwards, most persons pass the next twenty years in the second stage, consumed with the process of accumulating, driven by conditioning, beaten down by domestication, and - in far too many cases - made into cold and hard and unavailable humans as a result of acculturation, (especially that form of acculturation which has been imposed by the harsh Aryan, Anglo-Saxon, Northern European, Teutonic types and which has been spread around the globe and which people have been subjected to via invasions and colonization and domination ... be it military domination, economic domination, or any of the other forms that domination can take.) Fears and desires and egotism, rooted in personality, mark the passage throughout this stage.

III. Some few might finally question it all and begin to ask, "Who am I?" and "What is this all about?" and "Why is there such misery and suffering and how can it be addressed?" and "Why - truly - can I not be light and happy?"

IV. At that point, seekers might move into the fourth stage as they begin a process of Self-Inquiry, investigation, and discovery. Most persons will never make that shift and will continue trying to accumulate until the relative existence ends and living under the unconscious influence of their programming and conditioning and acculturation and domestication. For the few who focus on the search for an answer to those questions above, some will complete all seven steps along the "path" and will reach the fourth stage of Realization. So what does the remainder of the relative existence look like for those that Realize?

V. The remainder of the relative existence makes up the fifth stage where AS IF Living happens. Consider:

De-accumulation is the mark of freedom from the early programming and conditioning and domestication and acculturation. After that freedom manifests, then one can live AS IF, as if this life is "the real" but knowing it is not. The Realized can then enjoy whatever remains of this relative existence, free for the first time—free of parental and familial indoctrination, free of educational indoctrination, free of cultural indoctrination, free of spiritual indoctrination, free of religious indoctrination, free of political indoctrination, free of economic indoctrination. Free. Independent. Period.

The invitation is to allow the teachings and yoga to serve the purpose of bringing about an understanding of the differentiation in the true and the false, and then to toss it all away and to live simply and naturally, as if. To live AS IF is to know THAT but to also enjoy the relative existence while meeting the basic requirements of a plant-food-elemental-body and honoring commitments made for the relative time that the consciousness is manifested.

Once You begin abiding AS IF, along with the newly-acquired clarity accessible via Full Awareness and along with a complete understanding of the functioning of the totality, all which was "seen inaccurately" is now "seen" accurately in the flickering images of the light that plays before Your eyes.

All misperceptions will have dissolved, and clear perceiving via True Wisdom will happen. All of the false forms of love discussed earlier will be deemed totally unacceptable and will be rejected. True Love will be known.

The false will be seen to be false ... will be understood to be the not Real. The play that was watched earlier in "The Theater of the Lie" and that was taken to be real is seen now to be not real, seen to merely be a display of thoughts and words and deeds by the actors who flicker across the screen in a movie theater or on a television.

They are seen to be nothing more than images that were registered via the consciousness but then distorted through the machinations of the delusional mind. You will be aware of the fact that the Unseen, the Unseeable, is the Real;

yet You will remain in touch with reality - with the present relative existence that is also seen exactly as it is. You will no longer be concerned with the false images of this manifestation or with what had formerly been taken to be "yourself" and what had previously been called "your life."

Then, You will finally be able to enjoy the present moment, the Eternal Now, for as long as the consciousness is manifest. And you will have no expectations to meet nor any future rewards to long for nor any future punishments to spend a lifetime trying to avoid.

Free of those, You are free of the control of those who dream up or pass along all those concepts that form the prison called "the mind" which traps persons in fear and desire and misery and depression and which, in turn, drive all the self-destructive and addictive behaviors that follow those conditions in an effort to try to escape them.

As long as persons try to maintain religious-spiritual images or roles, they will be at the mercy of those who would manipulate them with religious dogma or with spiritual principles.

They will claim that a religious person does this and a spiritual person does that, and to maintain their religious or spiritual image, persons will do what they are told. At that point, freedom is lost. If you were subjected to that, it was at that point that you became "theirs." Non-AS IF living began and the most unnatural and supernatural thoughts and words and activities followed.

For some, both states can serve a purpose, but both are to be transcended. They are but bridges that allow seekers to cross the seven degrees of separation. If seekers do not transcend those, they are vulnerable, and thus in fear, and frustrated eventually as a result of being controlled by others.

Abiding "their" way, there is no freedom, and thus no peace, only living in "their world" with "their mind" driving your every thought and word and deed. Only after transitioning all of the seven steps on the "path" and then returning with Full Awareness can the entire "journey" be completed. Then only can Full Realization happen, and then only can the peace of nisarga, AS IF living happen.

After completing all three legs of the "journey," all unfolds spontaneously, AS IF any of the relative existence is THAT Which is Real but knowing that it is not ... abiding AS IF all of the relative "much ado about nothing" matters, but knowing that it does not.

Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)

WHAT DIRECT PATH REALIZATION AND NISARGA LIVING ARE ABOUT, AND WHAT THEY ARE NOT ABOUT, Part Nineteen

An Advaita forum focusing on Realisation, enlightenment, non-duality, Real Love, peace, freedom, Your original nature, abiding naturally, the Oneness, the Nothingness, and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

As for Maharaj, you will find here some of his early pointers for beginners but some of his later pointers that are for seekers farther along the "path." During his last years, he said of I AM THAT: "That book and whatever was expounded at that time was only relevant for that period. I am speaking differently today" and am "emphasizing different aspects." What he offered later differed considerably from his earlier talks, making clear that the pointers in I AM THAT will take you to the midpoint of "the race" but that his final talks point the way to "the finish line."

[The remainder of the series is taken from the last section of the book below which Amazon.com will soon be publishing. The prior postings in this series are from the first two parts of that book]

F.: Next, AS IF living is marked by clarity, sanity, Wisdom and True Love; therefore, it is appropriate at this juncture in the discussion to answer three other questions that have been raised about the way non-personal, spontaneous, AS IF functioning happens after completing the third leg of the three-leg "journey," after Realizing Fully, and after Wisdom and True Love begin to direct all that happens. It has been asked:

1. "If Maharaj was True Love, could True Love ever possibly abandon or run off a seeker? I love my child, and no matter what the child does, I could not abandon it."

First, do not mistake "love" and "Love." True Love is that which manifests when the Oneness is known and understood, unwaveringly. It is pure and unadulterated and exists in only one form, so it is REAL. As for "love," it is not REAL, not eternal, appearing in so many diverse forms that seldom will any two people really be discussing the same thing when they talk of "love."

That which is not Real Love always involves an object; Real Love has no object, for to have an object is to have a subject, and to have a subject and object is duality.

That which is not Real Love can take a variety of forms: self-love; selfish, self-serving love; prurient or eros love; philia (brotherly) or storge (friendship) love; agape love; pragma love (where a person - coldly - pursues a relationship for "practical" or financial reasons, for personal gain); banquet love; passionate love; compassionate love;

ludus love (where the deal is about playing games and not wanting to really develop a relationship); or manic, obsessive love that can be intense and intimate and fast-paced but will also eventually expose the possessive and jealous nature of the manic one.

(And it is such possessiveness and jealousy that often lead to acts of domestic violence: "I own you. You have been bought and paid for. How dare you do something that insults me. How dare you disrespect me or not show the proper amount of gratitude. How dare you stop walking on eggshells around me. How dare you ignore the fact that I paid, with my hard-earned money, for the right to be in charge.")

Next, with so many versions of "love" out there, consider the confusion among the masses when a man tells a woman, "I love you." Ah, such excitement, such emotional intoxication, but what if the speaker is (maybe even unconsciously) speaking of ludus love but the woman thinks she is hearing an expression of whatever she takes "real love" to be?

With non-Realized persons speaking about "love" when there are so many versions out there, consider how prevalent the possibility of misunderstanding; then, understand also why many will hear at some point: "I never loved you" or "You have never loved me."

It was asked once, "Isn't it unbelievable that the divorce rate here is now in the fifty to sixty percent range?" The reply: "Yes. I would have guessed it would be much higher."

So when you equate your agape love for a child with the essence of Maharaj, namely, True Love (as well as Wisdom), then you are comparing apples and oranges. Neither Maharaj nor I have ever abandoned a seeker or run off a seeker (though some will tell you otherwise after the work with them came to a halt here).

The work with any given seeker will come to an end when (a) the seeker becomes interested in another teaching method or yoga; when (b) a seeker driven by personality and egotism would interrupt the opportunity for other seekers to receive pointers;

when (c) a seeker makes clear that the readiness is not present; when (d) a seeker continuously takes comments personally rather than considering pointers or suggestions objectively;

when (e) the seeker continues to cling to the notion that he / she understands more than the teacher; or when (f) the seeker "fires" the teacher (always as a result of being driven by the fears and desires of personalities that preempt any chance for one to Realize and then have the ability to choose rather than to be blindly driven by ego and ego-states).

For Maharaj to demand that a person leave the loft was not to abandon that person - the person not being real at all; instead, True Love was on display as the purity of the environment was being guarded and preserved for the other seekers that were present.

2. "If the Realized are True Love, how could Love call people 'stupid' and 'insane'? Doesn't sound too loving to me."

Understand that no "one" is being called anything. When personality is being discussed with seekers, and they become offended when they begin to see their "liabilities" or "weaknesses" or "defects," the point is made that no one is talking about Them, about their True Selves. What is being discussed are all of the "not-thems," all of their false personas.

And it is the "not-thems" - their false personas - that generate insane thoughts and words and stupid actions.

Understand also that neither Wisdom nor True Love are personal; therefore, neither can have an agenda, for agendas exist only in the domain of personality; know that neither can fail to be objective; and understand that neither can like or dislike.

Any seeker who has been offended, either there with Maharaj in Bombay / Mumbai or here, has misperceived the pointers or suggestions being offered or the actual "intention" behind the pointers or suggestions, for neither Wisdom nor True Love can be non-objective.

With Wisdom and True Love behind every pointer offered, either

(A) clarity will be affirmed,

or

(B) distorted perceptions and false beliefs and erroneous concepts and delusional conclusions will be challenged

(much to the chagrin of whatever personas, or would-be personas, are driving one's thoughts and words and actions and attitudes).

3. "Wouldn't True Love cause all of the Realized to share what they understand?"

No. Many remain silent, but even those that share remain in the silence much of each day as well. Yet understand this point about AS IF living:

Post-Realization, and post-completion of the third leg of the three-leg "journey," there is no one left to teach or share. Teaching or (un-teaching) or sharing can happen, but they will happen without any notion of there being "A Teacher" or "An Un-Teacher" or "A Sharer."

The understanding is applied without any belief in "An Applier"; the experience of Full Realization happens and, in the process, ends belief in "An Experiencer."

The same applies in every facet of the relative existence where Reality is overlaid on reality, where Awareness is overlaid on consciousness, and where the Absolute understanding eliminates any further lack of clarity regarding relative happenings.

Then, "wifing" can happen even in the absence of "A Wife"; "husbanding" can happen even in the absence of "The Husband"; and Loving can happen even in the absence of "The lover" or "The Lover."

That, too, is what AS IF living looks like.

Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)

WHAT DIRECT PATH REALIZATION AND NISARGA LIVING ARE ABOUT, AND WHAT THEY ARE NOT ABOUT, Part Eighteen

An Advaita forum focusing on Realisation, enlightenment, non-duality, Real Love, peace, freedom, Your original nature, abiding naturally, the Oneness, the Nothingness, and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

As for Maharaj, you will find here some of his early pointers for beginners but some of his later pointers that are for seekers farther along the "path." During his last years, he said of I AM THAT: "That book and whatever was expounded at that time was only relevant for that period. I am speaking differently today" and am "emphasizing different aspects." What he offered later differed considerably from his earlier talks, making clear that the pointers in I AM THAT will take you to the midpoint of "the race" but that his final talks point the way to "the finish line."

[The remainder of the series is taken from the last section of the book below which Amazon.com will soon be publishing. The prior postings in this series are from the first two parts of that book]

F.: The point was offered that it took a vision that came one afternoon while in the theta state of consciousness to finally "break the code" being used by so many teachers.

Maharaj: "Are you talking from your own experience or from books only? Your book knowledge is useful to begin with, but soon it must be given up for direct experience."

What is offered here is based in direct experience. No one need read and master the content of anything erroneously called "a holy text." In an age when travel has become so expensive that seekers cannot always sit with a teacher face-to-face, might certain books as mentioned by Maharaj help uncover that which is being sought? A few can.

But here, it was - in the end - that direct experience via a vision which allowed for the understanding that did not come from reading scores of books by those Maharaj dismissed as "the big name teachers." That direct experience understanding is what is being shared here.

As noted, the content of the vision allowed for an understanding of the fact that "the journey" has three parts or legs; and, an understanding of exactly how that "journey" must happen;

and, an understanding of what happens after "the journey" is completed so that the remainder of the relative existence can happen in a not-insane, non-stupid, not-ignorant, non-fluctuating, non-chaotic, not-unstable fashion and in a totally AS IF manner.

What happens after the third leg of the "the journey" is completed is AS IF living, living AS IF anything in the relative matters but knowing via a new perspective that it is all really just much ado about nothing.

However, that point must be clarified so that nihilism and numbness do not manifest. Dancing is much ado about nothing as well, but it can nevertheless be quite entertaining. After the third leg of "the journey" is complete, the Fully Realized do not miss out on entertainment. They relish it. They share it. Lightness replaces heaviness, and fun replaces drabness, and the Fully Realized invite all to join them in dancing lightly and having fun.

The understanding of the functioning of the totality comes when seekers "go back" and revisit the Absolute by following the exact steps by which they came in, but in reverse order, of course. And it is the subsequent understanding of the functioning of the totality that puts all in perspective, including THAT and "this" as well, "this" being the relative existence ... this AM-ness ... this beingness.

After that, then a natural mode of living replaces the former unnatural and supernatural modes of living. Consider the 14 million-year history of human-like or human beings on the planet:

was it natural for those early humans to burn incense, or hum or chant, or knell and rise and knell, or bang on special bowls on special pillows with special sticks to "help them make it through the night" (as so many nowadays are not able to do at all in a natural manner - most among the masses instead being unable to sleep, unable to rest, unable to stop the noisy "mind," unable to be at peace at all)?

Or did they simply live? They lived, and they lived in a simple and natural manner: they slept, they awoke, they spent approximately 2.5 hours per day involved with "the necessities" of food hunting or food gathering (according to anthropologists); also, they had sex and procreated, and they faced what had to be faced when relative events became challenging events. And through it all, they had no "holy texts" to guide them, and they needed none.

And because you are now sitting before a screen and reading this, you are evidence of the fact that millions of years of living naturally rather than unnaturally or supernaturally actually worked. They "made it." and they made it without any of the drama of unnatural living and without the needless effort and unnatural restrictions of trying to live supernaturally.

Yes, early on, Maharaj did reference certain points from certain texts, but in the end he only shared by way of what he called his "own experience." "I am telling you from experience," he said. The same is the case here, even though it is known, paradoxically, that there is no "experiencer" at all except to this degree:

Maharaj: "Behold, the real experiencer is not the mind, but MySelf, the Light in which everything appears. [The True] Self is the common factor at the root of all experience, the awareness in which everything happens." Consider as well:

Maharaj: "Can you truly say you were not before you were born, and can you possibly say when dead ‘Now I am no more’? You cannot say from your own experience that you are not. You can only say ‘I am’."

That is a marker of the AS IF living that happens when the Nisarga Yoga is understood. You can only say (or know) "I am." The deer know that same "I am"; the birds know that same "I am"; the fish know that same "I am."

And how simply and naturally do the deer and birds and fish live? Totally. And how simply and naturally do the non-Realized masses live? Not simply or naturally at all. Now, one seeker asked this: "You and Maharaj share non-duality teachings. Cavemen did not do that. How can you say you are living naturally?" The most basic and relevant fact is this: no "one" is sharing or teaching.

Post-Realization, Pure Wisdom and Pure Love manifest. It is natural for Wisdom (via the True Self, that is, via the Pure Witnessing) to witness what is happening and to recognize words and thoughts and behaviors that are evidence of nonsense and self-deception and ignorance and distortion.

That happens even as those being driven by such thoughts and words and deeds are sure that their thoughts are right and their beliefs are right and what they are saying is sensible and not at all self-deceiving and not ignorant but wise and free of any distortion at all.

It is Wisdom alone that provides the ability to differentiate the true from the false, so that happens when the consciousness detects falsehoods. Then, True Love takes over and the consciousness - not a teacher and not a guru and not a person - speaks ( and speaks from the platform of Pure Awareness).

It is True Love, speaking in that fashion, which accounts for the sharing of these teachings. True Love will point to Truth for the few who will listen and the few who can hear. There is no "one" here deciding which keys on the keyboard are to be struck in what order, and in almost all cases, there is a "back story" to every posting that determines the topic du jour.

For example, some person might have been heard saying something that evidenced such a level of narcissism and arrogance that it shocked the unblocked consciousness into offering a pointer toward the humble truth;

or some person might have spoken of "their lover" or "their spouse" with unbelievably glowing words (words that showed such delusion, words that revealed so many outlandish misperceptions, and words that exposed such a denial of the facts before one's very eyes) that the unblocked consciousness here will speak and try to point to the truth that is actually 180-degrees opposite of what is being stated;

or some person might have been making statements that amounted to such a blatant distorting of the facts and such a desire to put a spin on reality that the consciousness spontaneously and automatically attempts to redirect the speaker toward the truth. (In almost all cases, though, the hidden fears and desires of their personalities will block persons from hearing pointers to truth that run contrary to their motives and agendas.)

But note: as that which is rooted in Wisdom and True Love is happening spontaneously on one front, on another front this composite unity called "floyd" - functioning in an AS IF manner - eats and sleeps and laughs and plays and enjoys conversation on occasion and loves the silence on occasion and delights in sex-that-expresses-the-shared-sense-of-Oneness on occasion; it is also via that composite unity that a few jokes or some humorous observations are shared in order to lighten the day of other composite unities that might be encountered.

And that is all totally natural. It is all a part of the AS IS mode of living that follows the completion of all three legs of "the journey." So, what is to be understood at this point about AS IF living? In the glossary of terms in the back of the book FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality) the following is offered in regards to AS IF Living:

AS IF Living: The style of living that the Realized exhibit, seemingly living like persons but without persons’ attachments, delusions, and emotional intoxication; the manner in which the Realized “finish out” the manifestation, meeting “responsibilities” and providing for the space while knowing full well that “this world” is nothing more than an imagining in the distorted perceptions of persons;

AS IF Living: a lifestyle that is unencumbered with detachment and emotional intoxication and belief in the lies of the culture; a lifestyle free of game playing and image perpetuation; a lifestyle unmarred by the emotions and emotional intoxication experienced by persons; a lifestyle during which the Realized can witness feelings rise and fall without any emotional intoxication, without reacting, without over-reacting, and without setting off a chain of reactions (as happens with persons);

AS IF Living: a lifestyle free of the misery that is generated by the desires / fears of personas.

While functioning in an “AS IF fashion,” the consciousness can register feelings but will not register emotions and emotional intoxication (such intoxication being limited to the domain of ego-states).

Consider: Maharaj, though abiding in an AS IF fashion, might appear to have been emotionally-intoxicated when he threw out of his loft those who showed up as an ego-state and who were trapped in egotism and wanted to show off their spiritual knowledge (a.k.a., learned ignorance). He was not emotional. That speck of consciousness knew that an arrogance-free, ego-free environment was required for the other visitors to receive a message about being arrogant-free and ego-free.

So, the pointers offered here are rooted in Nisarga Yoga—the teachings which invite persons to be rid of their belief in the fallacious body-mind-personality triad and to then live naturally, to take it easy, to relax, to just BE and to forget the illusion of DOING or needing to DO or the existence and experiences of a DO-ER.

(By the way: such pointers will appear to be very strange to those who are trying to follow a knowledge path, a worship path, an action path, or a service path. So it is. Those paths are available for discussion elsewhere.)

Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)

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"99.99% of all humans suffer from the Ultimate Sickness. Suffering from the symptoms of duality - including reactions based in emotion and in false identities and personas, the majority live in misery and chaos.

As with alcoholism, duality is a sickness that tells the sufferer, "You are not sick. Everything is okay. This is the way it is SUPPOSED to be." As most recovered alcoholics know, nothing could be further from the truth. Those of us who have recovered from duality know this also because we were fortunate enough to discover the Ultimate Medicine and were ready to take it.

The Ultimate Medicine as prescribed by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was often difficult for Westerners to grasp. The teachings came through interpreters and the books contain transcripts of satsang sessions that he held upstairs in his small tenement apartment in Bombay / Mumbai. The answers to each questioner were suited for the questioner's level of understanding. As Maharaj neared "death," the teachings were directed to those at the most advanced levels of understating. This resulted in some confusion and charges that Maharaj contradicted himself.

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The later pointers are not appropriate for everyone. Floyd has written pointers for those at all stages of seeking, and as an experienced Advaitin, he know who needs which pointer.

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It would be advisable to work with Floyd in one of many ways that he has made available. I can say from having had that experience - and having the understanding which came - that moving though this existence with total freedom from all duality is the only way that the existence should be experienced. Mac M.

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Incrementally, but steadily, a lightness of being has assumed the foreground of experience. Peace, Bob R.

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I received "The Blissful Abundance Series" book earlier in the week and it too has been given a place and position of importance on the nightstand beside my bed!

I have not had anything to write lately because trying to find words to point to what has - and continues to unfold - seemed to serve no purpose whatsoever (a first for this speck).

The metaphor of early morning mist being evaporated by the rising sun whose light and heat Naturally reveal a pristine blue sky is as close to what is opening here as can be stated.

No need, desire or compulsion to think or analyze anything or to try to explain / conceptualize what is processing.
The living thereof is enough (in truth more than enough and then some). Trust all is well. B. Rigby


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THE FINAL UNDERSTANDING

or

purchase all four in one paperback volume:

At www.FloydHenderson.com

The Advanced Seekers' Series

or

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THE ADVANCED SEEKERS' SERIES in paperback

THE SEVEN STEPS TO REALIZATION ESSAY SERIES

A Series of Essays Discussing THE FIRST STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE SECOND STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE THIRD STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE FOURTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE FIFTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE SIXTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE SEVENTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

THE "NO-DEATH" SERIES

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?

The Myth Of Death

THE "BLISSFUL ABIDANCE" BOOKS

At www.FloydHenderson.com

The Blissful Abidance Series

or

At Amazon.com

The BLISSFUL ABIDANCE SERIES in paperback, containing six books in one

Dancing Lightly

The Ultimate Sickness, The Ultimate Medicine

I AM THAT (vs. "This Is Who I Think I Am")

Freedom From Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness

LIBERATION

Why You Must Be Empty If You Would Be Full

What BLISS Is and What BLISS Is Not

When Reality Is Overlaid Upon the Relative

There Is Nothing That Is Personal (Including You and Including God)

Overcoming the Fear of Being Totally Independent

The Essence of the Teachings

SELF-Transformation Meditation Guide, Volume One

SELF-Transformation Meditation Guide, Volume Two

Lessons in Non-Duality from Travels in South Africa

THE "RELATIONSHIP" SERIES

Casting Light on the Dark Side of Relationships

Finding REAL LOVE in an Unreal World

The Path to Freedom vs. The Path to Misery

THE "FREEDOM FROM DELUSION" SERIES

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace If You're Out of Your Mind)

INSTABILITY / INSANITY: What the Advaita Teaching Can (and Cannot) Address

THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS PERSONAL (Including You and Including God)

SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ and HIS EVOLUTION

Jesus Christ the Advaitin

William Shakespeare the Advaitin

THE "FINANCIAL SANITY" SERIES

LIVING WITHIN YOUR MEANS

Ending Financial Problems by Understanding Your Personality

ADVENTURE / MYSTERY FICTION
(WITH A BLEND OF NON-DUALITY POINTERS)

The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders [E-BOOK]

The Board of Directors of Wars [E-BOOK]

The Board of Directors of Wars [PAPERBACK / PDF]

RECOVERY

A Twelve-Step Journey to SELF-Transformation [E-BOOK]

A Twelve-Step Journey to SELF-Transformation [PAPERBACK]

THE TWELVE STEPS AND ADVAITA / NON-DUALITY: A 21-Day Plan for A Psychic Change

A GUIDE FOR WORKING THE TWELVE STEPS (In the Manner Used by the Founders)

An online Advaita Internet Course is offered here. The price of the course includes the four Advaita eBooks used as the texts; questions sent after completion of the assigned readings; replies to your answers; and follow-up as required.

The price of the course includes the four Advaita eBooks used as the texts; questions sent after completion of the assigned readings, replies to your answers, and follow-up as required.

You will be guided through all seven of the steps, in order, that lead from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond). For more specific information and details about the course, you may click on the link to the right. To get started now now, click the pay button below and receive the $365 course for a discounted price of $325.00.

Purchase at Discount the Advaita Internet Course with Floyd


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Or, if you prefer, begin by arranging a one-hour Advaita session via Skype with Floyd:

Next, you can now receive for $40 a downloadable computer file version of the same 7-hour satsang that seekers receive when they visit for the Advaita Retreat with Floyd. You will be guided through the seven steps from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond).
For more information or to order, click:

DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat

SIX WAYS THAT SEEKERS HAVE REALIZED:

1. BY WATCHING the 4-Disk Video (DVD) Set, or the same retreat available as a downloadable file. Either will provide an entire seven-hour retreat / series of satsang sessions showing three seekers being guided through all seven steps by Floyd and can provide viewers with an “experiential,” step-by-step series of satsang meetings that will move the viewers from identification with the I to abidance as the Absolute and then to abidance as That Which Is beyond
Some seekers are already using the computer file version and the DVD sets for meetings in groups in homes, playing the retreat, pausing for discussion, etc.
To find out more or to purchase the DVD set or the downloadable computer file version of the retreat, click:
DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat
Option “A” is for the downloadable file version, Option “B” is used to order the DVD set for delivery inside the U.S., Option “C” for international orders.
For the download, Paypal will send me a notice that payment has been received and then I will send by e-mail the downloading instruction, password, etc.
[It is recommended that you watch the video with pen and paper in hand. Write whatever you need clarified. You'll see that there are constant reviews and you might find an answer later in the seven-hour presentation. Then, after you watch it all, there will be a common ground for discussion. Purchase of the DVD’s or the file will include the right to clarifications and answers to your specific questions via e-mail.]

2. BY READING these books in this exact order:
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
[Those two prepare the seeker to question it all]
THE MEDITATION GUIDES
[Provide a broad overview of the understanding]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
[Begins to free the seeker of body identification and the desire for body continuity]
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace if You're Out of Your Mind)
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of the false content of the “mind”]
LIBERATION
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of personas]
THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
[Provides the final preparation for the seeker to be directed along the “path”]
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
[Directs the seeker along the “path”]
CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS: The Nature of Reality Beyond Self-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding as The Absolute)
[Allows the seeker to understand the functioning of the totality, the manifestation, and what is involved with the un-manifestation]
FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS
[Provides the seeker the wisdom to understand the Noneness as well as the Oneness]
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You may visit The Official Website of Floyd Henderson for information on each book.

3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes

Received 19 August 2010 from one that just completed the entire course:

I would like to extend deepest appreciation towards you for these teachings that you have offered. It has been most valuable towards what may not have been revealed throughout this manifestation labeled "anthony." Understanding Truth and finding words for gratitude are one as is all. Thank you again for pointing "me" to THAT and the understanding that came as well. Hopeful for future "contact"! Sincerely, Anthony M. W.

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The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders offers the non-duality message by way of a mystery-adventure novel, discussing the movement from pain to healing to awakening to peace.
From Dr. R.F. Maley, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Houston: "Floyd Henderson's book, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders, is a fun read and an interesting mystery, but perhaps more importantly it serves as a vehicle for blending Eastern Philosophy and Native American Spirituality to make an intellectually challenging novel. The book's insights into both relationships and authoritarian conditioning of people in our society make it a must read, tracing the roots of narcissistic, sociopathic and psychopathic behaviors to the very core of the culture. This truly witty and politically-incorrect study of the aggressive nature of 'the American character' offers not only a diagnosis but also a treatment plan, making the book an excellent supplemental reading in courses such as psychology, anthropology, philosophy, sociology and counseling."

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The Sequel to The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS

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WHAT DIRECT PATH REALIZATION AND NISARGA LIVING ARE ABOUT, AND WHAT THEY ARE NOT ABOUT, Part Seventeen

An Advaita forum focusing on Realisation, enlightenment, non-duality, Real Love, peace, freedom, Your original nature, abiding naturally, the Oneness, the Nothingness, and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

As for Maharaj, you will find here some of his early pointers for beginners but some of his later pointers that are for seekers farther along the "path." During his last years, he said of I AM THAT: "That book and whatever was expounded at that time was only relevant for that period. I am speaking differently today" and am "emphasizing different aspects." What he offered later differed considerably from his earlier talks, making clear that the pointers in I AM THAT will take you to the midpoint of "the race" but that his final talks point the way to "the finish line."

[The remainder of the series is taken from the last section of the book below which Amazon.com will soon be publishing. The prior postings in this series are from the first two parts of that book]

F.: As was the case with Andy Gugar (who is the editor of "The Advanced Seekers' Series" and "The Blissful Abidance Series") the longing here that led to decades of seeking and searching was triggered very early.

As was also the case with Andy, the road that was traveled here before "the Advaita path" was crossed, by chance, was a long and grueling and onerous road. The "journey" had been quite arduous.

Happening upon certain words and names such as "advaita" and "non-duality" and "Maharaj" - and then entering into a thorough study of those - aroused some hope; however, after so many years of searching in vain, the hope was of a most cautious and guarded nature ... so many instances of hope having been dashed along the way before, time and again.

The restraint was warranted. Along with the words of Maharaj in I AM THAT, the words and writings of more than fifty non-duality teachers were read, and while each of them may have been able to guide other seekers somewhere,

** not a one of them presented the teachings in a way that led to the "Aha! Moment" here;

** not a one provided the final, search-ending flash of the peripetia;

** not a one ignited the gunpowder that finally blew away all of the blockages that had been built up via programming, conditioning, acculturation and domestication;

** not a one offered the Ultimate Medicine in a manner that finally brought to an end the misery of the Ultimate Sickness which had generated suffering for decades; and

** not a one made clear the means by which

(1) Full Realization of THAT

and

(2) the ability to abide naturally and normally and steadily and Lovingly and simply and sanely and enjoyably throughout the remainder of the AM-ness

could both happen.

Yes, there were years in the deepest pits of despair; yes, there were years where the head was in the clouds and a parade of even-more-obnoxious-personas-than-before all came and went, including "Floyd the Religious One" and "Floyd the Spiritual Giant" and "Floyd the Lofty Thinker" and "Floyd the Supreme Self."

Even as talk of "the Oneness" happened, the fact is that there was a greater sense of separation while playing those roles than during any of the darkest days of the past. And part of that happened even after finding and exploring the many different "brands" of non-duality.

All of the talk of "the path" and "the journey" proved to be a disservice for it implied that the there was "a path" that could be followed to its end and I would "arrive" somewhere;

and all of that talk also suggested that, if I would but complete "the journey," I would arrive at a destination which was "there" - well away from "this world" which had rendered a Type Four Personality (the type that accounts for only 1/2 of 1% of the earth's population) feeling quite the alien on this planet.

What was the missing element in the explanations and talks by all of those teachers who spoke of "the path" and "the journey"? What was missing was the key fact that there is not one passage that is to be completed but that there are actually three in total. Even if one wants to claim that there is but "one journey," then it must be made clear that the journey has three legs.

And Maharaj's earliest statements (which were his only statements that were read originally) seemed to point to a two-leg "journey":

“…You should go back, reverse, to the source”

and

“Follow the same path by which you came.”

If one reads SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ and HIS EVOLUTION, it becomes clear that the early emphasis was not solely on the ultimate "goal" of abiding naturally. The "totally unadulterated version of a purely nisarga message" came years later.

So in the process of seeking via Advaita Vedanta, there was a fruitless search for "the exact path," an unsuccessful search for the exact way to follow that "path," a futile search for the means by which "the journey" could finally be completed once and for all, and an unproductive search for the way to reach the final destination of "the journey" and remain there.

It took a vision that came one afternoon while leaving the delta level of consciousness and entering into a theta state of consciousness to finally "break the code" being used by so many teachers and understand

** what the entire three-leg "journey" involves,

** how only one-leg of "the journey" will happen with the masses,

** how an entire three-part "journey" must happen if one would Realize Fully, and

** what happens after "the journey" is completed so that the remainder of the relative existence can happen in a not-insane, non-stupid, not-ignorant, non-fluctuating, non-chaotic, not-unstable, but totally steady and logical AS IF manner instead.

That manner is marked by freedom and joy and peace as well as an ability to merely witness whatever events that the relative existence might toss one's way which might fall outside the categorization of "perfectly tranquil happenings."

Thus, the discussion will continue with an explanation of what AS IF living looks like post-Realization and after the third and final leg of "the journey" has been completed.

Please enter the silence of contemplation. (To be continued)

Two paperback collections are now available for immediate shipment, containing a total of ten(10) Advaita books between the two volumes:

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The Blissful Abidance Series

THE ADVANCED SEEKERS' SERIES:
An Anthology of Advaita Books in Paperback
(Volume One)

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Some prefer a paperback in hand rather than reading books on a computer or an e-reader. Because of the generosity of Andrew Gugar, Jr., who wants to make this message available to those people, all four books in the Advanced Seekers' Series are being offered in this one volume for $19.95 + S&H rather than the usual price of $39.95 for a 352-page anthology.

The single-volume, paperback collection of four books is in stock and available to ship. For more information on the anthology or to order now, click the picture below:

REVIEWS OF THE FOUR-BOOK ANTHOLOGY, "THE ADVANCED SEEKERS' SERIES"

"99.99% of all humans suffer from the Ultimate Sickness. Suffering from the symptoms of duality - including reactions based in emotion and in false identities and personas, the majority live in misery and chaos.

As with alcoholism, duality is a sickness that tells the sufferer, "You are not sick. Everything is okay. This is the way it is SUPPOSED to be." As most recovered alcoholics know, nothing could be further from the truth. Those of us who have recovered from duality know this also because we were fortunate enough to discover the Ultimate Medicine and were ready to take it.

The Ultimate Medicine as prescribed by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was often difficult for Westerners to grasp. The teachings came through interpreters and the books contain transcripts of satsang sessions that he held upstairs in his small tenement apartment in Bombay / Mumbai. The answers to each questioner were suited for the questioner's level of understanding. As Maharaj neared "death," the teachings were directed to those at the most advanced levels of understating. This resulted in some confusion and charges that Maharaj contradicted himself.

Fortunately for us, Floyd Henderson took the teachings into contemplation and as a result of his Realization, he was able to sort the teachings into seven steps. Duality blocks the consciousness, but Floyd's seven steps cure the illness, step-by-step, in the reverse order by which we were afflicted.

The later pointers are not appropriate for everyone. Floyd has written pointers for those at all stages of seeking, and as an experienced Advaitin, he know who needs which pointer.

When I worked the Direct Path Method with the Nisarga Yoga, the books at that time had to be ordered individually. Now, for the first time, all of the teachings that point to freedom from duality-based existence are now available in one less-expensive books.

Some will choose to continue to burn incense, to fast, to be celibate, to meditate, to take communion, and to doze in pews, but the earnest seekers will spend $19.95 and begin to take the Ultimate Medicine and to start recovering from that which ails almost all of humanity.

It would be advisable to work with Floyd in one of many ways that he has made available. I can say from having had that experience - and having the understanding which came - that moving though this existence with total freedom from all duality is the only way that the existence should be experienced. Mac M.

and

Hi Floyd,

I received "The Advanced Seekers Series" this afternoon and it is beautifully presented and packs the power of transformation to boot. I appreciate the convenience of the Kindle but nothing takes the place of a book!

Incrementally, but steadily, a lightness of being has assumed the foreground of experience. Peace, Bob R.

P.S. The book takes a place of prominence in my library, particularly given that I threw out all of the BS magical thinking and fluff volumes many months ago! Not much left!

The second volume in the series, "The Blissful Abidance Series," is in stock and ready for same-day shipping. For more information on the second anthology in the series of Advaita books, or to order now, click the picture below:

REVIEWS OF THE SIX-BOOK ANTHOLOGY, "THE BLISSFUL ABIDANCE SERIES"

Hi Floyd,

I received "The Blissful Abundance Series" book earlier in the week and it too has been given a place and position of importance on the nightstand beside my bed!

I have not had anything to write lately because trying to find words to point to what has - and continues to unfold - seemed to serve no purpose whatsoever (a first for this speck).

The metaphor of early morning mist being evaporated by the rising sun whose light and heat Naturally reveal a pristine blue sky is as close to what is opening here as can be stated.

No need, desire or compulsion to think or analyze anything or to try to explain / conceptualize what is processing.
The living thereof is enough (in truth more than enough and then some). Trust all is well. B. Rigby


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THE "ADVANCED SEEKERS' SET"

FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)

CONSCIOUSNESS / AWARENESS

FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS

THE FINAL UNDERSTANDING

or

purchase all four in one paperback volume:

At www.FloydHenderson.com

The Advanced Seekers' Series

or

At Amazon.com

THE ADVANCED SEEKERS' SERIES in paperback

THE SEVEN STEPS TO REALIZATION ESSAY SERIES

A Series of Essays Discussing THE FIRST STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE SECOND STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE THIRD STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE FOURTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE FIFTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE SIXTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

A Series of Essays Discussing THE SEVENTH STEP on the Seven-Step Path to Realization

THE "NO-DEATH" SERIES

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?

The Myth Of Death

THE "BLISSFUL ABIDANCE" BOOKS

At www.FloydHenderson.com

The Blissful Abidance Series

or

At Amazon.com

The BLISSFUL ABIDANCE SERIES in paperback, containing six books in one

Dancing Lightly

The Ultimate Sickness, The Ultimate Medicine

I AM THAT (vs. "This Is Who I Think I Am")

Freedom From Shifting Between States of Happiness and Unhappiness

LIBERATION

Why You Must Be Empty If You Would Be Full

What BLISS Is and What BLISS Is Not

When Reality Is Overlaid Upon the Relative

There Is Nothing That Is Personal (Including You and Including God)

Overcoming the Fear of Being Totally Independent

The Essence of the Teachings

SELF-Transformation Meditation Guide, Volume One

SELF-Transformation Meditation Guide, Volume Two

Lessons in Non-Duality from Travels in South Africa

THE "RELATIONSHIP" SERIES

Casting Light on the Dark Side of Relationships

Finding REAL LOVE in an Unreal World

The Path to Freedom vs. The Path to Misery

THE "FREEDOM FROM DELUSION" SERIES

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace If You're Out of Your Mind)

INSTABILITY / INSANITY: What the Advaita Teaching Can (and Cannot) Address

THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS PERSONAL (Including You and Including God)

SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ and HIS EVOLUTION

Jesus Christ the Advaitin

William Shakespeare the Advaitin

THE "FINANCIAL SANITY" SERIES

LIVING WITHIN YOUR MEANS

Ending Financial Problems by Understanding Your Personality

ADVENTURE / MYSTERY FICTION
(WITH A BLEND OF NON-DUALITY POINTERS)

The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders [E-BOOK]

The Board of Directors of Wars [E-BOOK]

The Board of Directors of Wars [PAPERBACK / PDF]

RECOVERY

A Twelve-Step Journey to SELF-Transformation [E-BOOK]

A Twelve-Step Journey to SELF-Transformation [PAPERBACK]

THE TWELVE STEPS AND ADVAITA / NON-DUALITY: A 21-Day Plan for A Psychic Change

A GUIDE FOR WORKING THE TWELVE STEPS (In the Manner Used by the Founders)

An online Advaita Internet Course is offered here. The price of the course includes the four Advaita eBooks used as the texts; questions sent after completion of the assigned readings; replies to your answers; and follow-up as required.

The price of the course includes the four Advaita eBooks used as the texts; questions sent after completion of the assigned readings, replies to your answers, and follow-up as required.

You will be guided through all seven of the steps, in order, that lead from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond). For more specific information and details about the course, you may click on the link to the right. To get started now now, click the pay button below and receive the $365 course for a discounted price of $325.00.

Purchase at Discount the Advaita Internet Course with Floyd


by
Clicking the Buy Now Button below:

Or, if you prefer, begin by arranging a one-hour Advaita session via Skype with Floyd:

Next, you can now receive for $40 a downloadable computer file version of the same 7-hour satsang that seekers receive when they visit for the Advaita Retreat with Floyd. You will be guided through the seven steps from identification with the false "I" to the Absolute (and beyond).
For more information or to order, click:

DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat

SIX WAYS THAT SEEKERS HAVE REALIZED:

1. BY WATCHING the 4-Disk Video (DVD) Set, or the same retreat available as a downloadable file. Either will provide an entire seven-hour retreat / series of satsang sessions showing three seekers being guided through all seven steps by Floyd and can provide viewers with an “experiential,” step-by-step series of satsang meetings that will move the viewers from identification with the I to abidance as the Absolute and then to abidance as That Which Is beyond
Some seekers are already using the computer file version and the DVD sets for meetings in groups in homes, playing the retreat, pausing for discussion, etc.
To find out more or to purchase the DVD set or the downloadable computer file version of the retreat, click:
DVD or Downloadable computer file versions of the Four-Day Advaita Retreat
Option “A” is for the downloadable file version, Option “B” is used to order the DVD set for delivery inside the U.S., Option “C” for international orders.
For the download, Paypal will send me a notice that payment has been received and then I will send by e-mail the downloading instruction, password, etc.
[It is recommended that you watch the video with pen and paper in hand. Write whatever you need clarified. You'll see that there are constant reviews and you might find an answer later in the seven-hour presentation. Then, after you watch it all, there will be a common ground for discussion. Purchase of the DVD’s or the file will include the right to clarifications and answers to your specific questions via e-mail.]

2. BY READING these books in this exact order:
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT (And Why Knowing It Sets You Free)
SPIRITUAL SOBRIETY (Recovering What Religions Lost)
[Those two prepare the seeker to question it all]
THE MEDITATION GUIDES
[Provide a broad overview of the understanding]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?
[Begins to free the seeker of body identification and the desire for body continuity]
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS "PEACE OF MIND" (There Is Only Peace if You're Out of Your Mind)
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of the false content of the “mind”]
LIBERATION
[Shows the seeker how to be free of the subconscious motivators of personas]
THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHINGS
[Provides the final preparation for the seeker to be directed along the “path”]
FROM THE I TO THE ABSOLUTE (A Seven-Step Journey to Reality)
[Directs the seeker along the “path”]
CONSCIOUSNESS/AWARENESS: The Nature of Reality Beyond Self-Realization (Peace Every Day When Abiding as The Absolute)
[Allows the seeker to understand the functioning of the totality, the manifestation, and what is involved with the un-manifestation]
FROM THE ABSOLUTE TO THE NOTHINGNESS
[Provides the seeker the wisdom to understand the Noneness as well as the Oneness]
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3. BY ENROLLING in the Online Advaita Classes

Received 19 August 2010 from one that just completed the entire course:

I would like to extend deepest appreciation towards you for these teachings that you have offered. It has been most valuable towards what may not have been revealed throughout this manifestation labeled "anthony." Understanding Truth and finding words for gratitude are one as is all. Thank you again for pointing "me" to THAT and the understanding that came as well. Hopeful for future "contact"! Sincerely, Anthony M. W.

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The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders offers the non-duality message by way of a mystery-adventure novel, discussing the movement from pain to healing to awakening to peace.
From Dr. R.F. Maley, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Houston: "Floyd Henderson's book, The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders, is a fun read and an interesting mystery, but perhaps more importantly it serves as a vehicle for blending Eastern Philosophy and Native American Spirituality to make an intellectually challenging novel. The book's insights into both relationships and authoritarian conditioning of people in our society make it a must read, tracing the roots of narcissistic, sociopathic and psychopathic behaviors to the very core of the culture. This truly witty and politically-incorrect study of the aggressive nature of 'the American character' offers not only a diagnosis but also a treatment plan, making the book an excellent supplemental reading in courses such as psychology, anthropology, philosophy, sociology and counseling."

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The Sequel to The Twice-Stolen Necklace Murders:
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WARS

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